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By Mark Eisner: Ryan Garcia is in action tonight in an import return to the ring against Emmanuel Tagoe in a 139lb catchweight fight live on DAZN at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
The two are headlining on DAZN tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET in a contest that is expected to have a lot of fireworks.
It’s important that the unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan (21-0, 18 KOs) look good in a winning effort tonight against Tagoe (32-1, 15 KOs).
Ryan is being positioned to face WBA 135lb champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis or the George Kambosos Jr. vs. Devin Haney winner.
Boxing News 24 will be giving live results below of the Garcia – Tagoe card action.
Ryan, 23, has been out of the ring since his fight against Luke Campbell in January of last year. The popular Golden Boy promoted star wanted to return late last year against Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr, but a wrist injury got in the way of the fight.
Full card:
Ryan Garcia vs. Emmanuel Tagoe
Gabriel Rosado vs. Shane Mosley Jr
Marlen Esparza vs. Naoko Fujioka
Azat Hovhannisyan vs. Dagoberto Aguero
Ryan Garcia with huge power advantage
“I think we get a sensational performance from Ryan Garcia in San Antonio because obviously, you know the legendary Joe Goosen, I think this is the perfect partnership,” said Ray Flores to Abrams Boxing.
“I think we get a spectacular performance out of Ryan Garcia. Tagoe, he’s just a basic fighter. I think he has a blown-up record, and I see him as a guy that is going to come forward and try and press Ryan Garcia.
“I think Ryan Garcia wipes him out. You can’t prepare for the speed or the power of Ryan Garcia, and then you have the wisdom of Joe Goosen to be able to program Ryan Garcia.
“If Ryan Garcia is going to lose a fight as he’s getting ready for a title shot, it would have been in his last fight [against Luke Campbell] in which he got knocked down in the first round [second]. Then he came back and responded so well.
“I think Joe Goosen is the kind of guy that focuses on your strengths and tries to shore up your weaknesses. That’s what he’s going to do with Ryan Garcia.
“This fight, I’m going to give you that I don’t see it lasting past the seventh round. I think Ryan Garcia obliterates Tagoe, and that’s a word that I don’t use that often. Yeah, the first half of the fight because I think Ryan Garcia is head & shoulders above Tagoe,” said Flores.
Goosen has King Ry laser-focused
“I think Joe Goosen has him so sharp, so laser-focused that it’s almost like the Roy Jones’ song, ‘Y’all must have forgot,’” said Flores. “Ryan Garcia hasn’t fought since January of last year, so fans need to be reminded about why there’s so much buzz and excitement behind Ryan Garcia.
“He has that opportunity on Saturday, and I think he will do it. That’s the fight the world wants to see,” said Flores about a match between Ryan Garcia and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. “Mayweather Promotions tried to make that fight last January with Ryan Garcia but it couldn’t be made for some reason.
“Ryan Garcia took a sabbatical and got himself focused again and got himself healthy. Now with the way their schedules are lining up, look at this.
The fact that Ryan is fighting on April 9th, and Tank is fighting almost a month and a half later [on May 28th against Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero]. You can make the scheduled work with each other.
“So, I’m hopeful and optimistic that we get that fight next, assuming that Davis beats Romero and Garcia beats Tagoe,” said Flores.
“You got a tall, rangy, fast-twitch fiber Ryan Garcia against a shorter guy that is going to need to try and get inside through that power, which is a danger zone for a pressure fighter trying to come inside,” said Max Kellerman on Max On Boxing about what Gervonta Davis would be up against tonight facing the knockout artist Ryan Garcia.
“It seems to me that Ryan Garcia would have real chances, and I hear that from people, but I don’t hear them say, ‘I like Ryan Garcia to win that fight.’”
“I think Ryan Garcia beats Tank Davis, I think Ryan is wildly underrated because he’s a social media star and has the looks and everything,” said Mike Coppinger.
“I think he’s wildly underrated, he’s great counter puncher with incredibly fast hands and great power. Gervonta Davis, I think he’s an excellent fighter, but he’s picked on a lot of smaller guys. We don’t quite know what he has.
“He hasn’t beaten an elite fighter in his weight class [lightweight] yet, and I think Ryan Garcia matches up very, very well with Tank Davis. At the very least, I think it’s a coin flip,” said Coppinger.
“That’s the first time I’ve heard someone say, ‘I like Ryan Garcia to win,’” said Kellerman. “I’ll tell you something else about that fight [Tank vs. Ryan].
“It is rare at this stage in guys’ careers where neither one has a signature win against an elite type of fighter, both guys bring real box office to the table. They both bring money to the game. It is rare where two explosive offensive fighters in that position to face each other at this point in their careers.
“So, ‘I’m skeptical that we see, ‘Ding-ding, round one there’s Garcia and Tank.’”
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